Film

[Carnage]

Pig needs to be seen.

[Hellyeah]

Pig needs to be seen.

Never seen this, must check It out

[Abandon All Hope]

Smokey and the Bandit

Southern Comfort

Stir Crazy

[Thanatos]

mildly related digression, but I worked in a video shop in Rathmines years ago (Advance Vision, long closed) which had an "adult" section   - softcore stuff obviously but pretty borderline in some cases, and I will never, ever forget the fact that someone came to the counter one day with a dvd they'd pulled from one of those shelves with the name "Randy Financial Advisor".

There was one poor ould lad - I mean he must have been in his 70s, easily - a little short fella who walked with a cane, and he came in one of my first mornings up to the counter to return a shopping bag full of porn he'd rented from us the week before. When I went to his account one of the lads had changed his name on it to "The Porn King"

No way! I worked for AV in their flagship store in DunLaoghaire for a while towards the end of the 90s. You'd get all sorts, weirdos and oddballs passing through the place at any given time of day. I'm sure Rathmines was similar, if not even more colourful.

The little field where you could leave comments about the customers was abused regularly. Was meant for practical notes like 'Never rewinds the tapes" etc, But it was usually just derogatory comments on peoples appearances etc. 

We also had an elderly lad who'd come in nearly every day, he must have been well into his 80's. Could barely walk, used to shuffle in at a snails pace, barely able to put one foot front of the other. He'd rent from that same selection of ancient European & British softcore. He'd use the voucher on the back of his Quinnsworth receipts to rent two tapes for .99p if he returned them before 18:00. Which he always did, and he'd get more when returning. He'd repeated this cycle day in day out. His customer comments just said something like: "Living Legend! - Check History" His entire rental history was the inventory of the porno section cycled through several times and only one instance where he'd rented a movie. We had it printed out and stuck to the wall in the stock room.

We reckoned all he did was pull the stomach off himself, between shuffling in and out to get videos.

[Necro Red]

Probably my favorite cage movie is Joe, followed by leaving las Vegas obviously, but I have also turned off alot of his movies too.

he has made some terrible films to be fair, bit for the most part he's great. I watched Kiss Of The Vampire thee other night. His performance is fucking comical and he ad libs a good bit. Such a funny film for any cage fans who haven't seen it

[Mooncat]

Probably my favorite cage movie is Joe, followed by leaving las Vegas obviously, but I have also turned off alot of his movies too.

he has made some terrible films to be fair, bit for the most part he's great. I watched Kiss Of The Vampire thee other night. His performance is fucking comical and he ad libs a good bit. Such a funny film for any cage fans who haven't seen it

Was literally coming here to say the same thing, absolute peak loony Cage. I can take or leave him generally, but I absolutely love that one. The part where he's reciting the alphabet for his therapist is hilarious. For those who haven't seen it, remember that popular meme of Cage a few years back where's he's in an office with his head tilted and a crazy look on his face? That's Vampire's Kiss. Also a cool snapshot of that late 80s New York yuppie culture. Even has a scene in Tunnel.


Speaking of Cage, I tried to watch Con Air recently and had to switch it off after like 15mins. I loved it in the 90s as a kid but fuck me it is hard to take now. The 90s is when all the action movies just became over Hollywoodized, slick, and braindead. Basically the Michael Bay era. Bad Boys for me is the epitome of souless, lifeless, big budget, low braincell, nerd's wet dream of 'cool'. See also The Rock, Face Off, Armageddon etc etc.

EDIT: I am aware of how beloved these films are and how much of a curmudgeon I sound 

[Mooncat]

Fuck me can you imagine if peak-screen hogs Nic Cage and Jim Carrey had done a film together in their 90s prime?

[The Wretch]

Speaking of Cage, I tried to watch Con Air recently and had to switch it off after like 15mins. I loved it in the 90s as a kid but fuck me it is hard to take now. The 90s is when all the action movies just became over Hollywoodized, slick, and braindead. Basically the Michael Bay era. Bad Boys for me is the epitome of souless, lifeless, big budget, low braincell, nerd's wet dream of 'cool'. See also The Rock, Face Off, Armageddon etc etc.

EDIT: I am aware of how beloved these films are and how much of a curmudgeon I sound 

I always fucking hated Bad Boys, but then I find both leads insufferable anyway. But yeah, I definitely have no desire to see the likes of Con Air, Face/Off or The Rock again. Armageddon I don't mind too much if it's on somewhere, but I'd never actually choose to watch it at home myself.   

[Necro Red]

Speaking of Cage, I tried to watch Con Air recently and had to switch it off after like 15mins. I loved it in the 90s as a kid but fuck me it is hard to take now. The 90s is when all the action movies just became over Hollywoodized, slick, and braindead. Basically the Michael Bay era. Bad Boys for me is the epitome of souless, lifeless, big budget, low braincell, nerd's wet dream of 'cool'. See also The Rock, Face Off, Armageddon etc etc.

EDIT: I am aware of how beloved these films are and how much of a curmudgeon I sound 

I always fucking hated Bad Boys, but then I find both leads insufferable anyway. But yeah, I definitely have no desire to see the likes of Con Air, Face/Off or The Rock again. Armageddon I don't mind too much if it's on somewhere, but I'd never actually choose to watch it at home myself.   

The Rock is one of my go to cage flicks. Hans Zimmer at the helm and Connery on form. What's not to love ha ha

[ldj]

Con Air and Face/Off are classic 90's shlock as well.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a must watch for recent Cage too.

[open face surgery]

The Unbearable Weight... is unreal.

[Mooncat]

Speaking of Cage, I tried to watch Con Air recently and had to switch it off after like 15mins. I loved it in the 90s as a kid but fuck me it is hard to take now. The 90s is when all the action movies just became over Hollywoodized, slick, and braindead. Basically the Michael Bay era. Bad Boys for me is the epitome of souless, lifeless, big budget, low braincell, nerd's wet dream of 'cool'. See also The Rock, Face Off, Armageddon etc etc.

EDIT: I am aware of how beloved these films are and how much of a curmudgeon I sound 

I always fucking hated Bad Boys, but then I find both leads insufferable anyway. But yeah, I definitely have no desire to see the likes of Con Air, Face/Off or The Rock again. Armageddon I don't mind too much if it's on somewhere, but I'd never actually choose to watch it at home myself.   

The Rock is one of my go to cage flicks. Hans Zimmer at the helm and Connery on form. What's not to love ha ha

I do agree that out of those mentioned The Rock would be the one I could still make it all the way through, and it's specifically because of Connery.

Still haven't seen Unbearable Weight, though I did enjoy Mandy, Pig, and Longlegs for the curios they are.

[Ollkiller]

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a must watch for recent Cage too.

A fecking brilliant watch. Laughed me hole off during it.

[mishima]

Speaking of Cage, Mandy is excellent. An absolute trip of a film.

[Carnage]

I'd forgotten about that, despite buying it on blu ray. Apparently the axe he forged was based on Celtic Frost's logo. I can kinda see it...